Soyou

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kang.
Soyou

Soyou in 2016
Background information
Birth name Kang Ji-hyun
Born (1992-02-12) February 12, 1992
Jeju Island, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s)
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010–present
Labels Starship Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 강지현
Revised Romanization Gang Jihyeon
McCune–Reischauer Kang Chihyŏn
Stage name
Hangul 소유
Revised Romanization Soyou
McCune–Reischauer Soyou

Kang Ji-hyun (Hangul: 강지현; born February 12, 1992), better known by her stage name Soyou (소유), is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Sistar under Starship Entertainment.

Biography

Soyou was born on February 12, 1992,[1] in Jeju Island, South Korea. Soyou was a Cube Entertainment trainee before debuting with SISTAR[2] and was originally supposed to debut as a member of 4Minute. Soyou has said that she didn’t make it into the group because she was lacking in many ways. She was originally supposed to be in Sohyun’s place.[3] Instead, Soyou auditioned for Starship Entertainment, singing a cover of Navi's "On The Road",[4] and debuted as a member of SISTAR.

Career

Sistar

Main article: Sistar

In June 2010, Soyou made her debut as a member of Sistar on KBS Music Bank with their debut single, "Push Push".[5]

Solo career

In August 2010, Soyou collaborated with Woo of J2 for the soundtrack for the drama Gloria. In September, she also sang a soundtrack for MBC's drama Playful Kiss. The song is titled "Should I Confess".[6]

In November 2012, Soyou sang a duet with hip-hop duo Geeks. The song "Officially Missing You, Too" is a remake of Tamia's song of the same title. It is a part of Geeks' project album, Re;Code Episode 1.[7] She also collaborated with fellow label mates, K.Will and Boyfriend's Jeongmin, for Starship Planet's yearly holiday release, titled "White Love".[8]

In July 2013, it was revealed that Soyou would appear on MBC's Star Diving Show Splash together with Kwon Yuri, Choi Minho and others.[9] In September, it was revealed that Soyou together with Mad Clown would release a duet called "Stupid in Love on the 10th.[10]

In February 2014, it was revealed that Soyou and Junggigo would release a duet called "Some".[11]

In January 2015, it was revealed that Soyou, together with Lee Honey and Kim Jungmin, would be the new MCs of beauty tip program Get It Beauty. The new MCs’ first episode aired on February 4, 2015.[12]

Discography

Main article: Sistar discography

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Title Song Duration Artist
2010 Gloria OST "It's Okay" 3:02 Duet with Woo
Playful Kiss OST "Should I Confess" 4:38 Solo
2012 Re;Code "Officially Missing You, Too" 3:45 Duet with Geeks
Starship Planet "White Love" 3:44 Duet with K.Will & Jeongmin
2013 Goodbye "Goodbye" 4:24 Duet with Hong Dae Kwang
Stupid in Love "Stupid in Love" 4:05 Duet with Mad Clown
2014 Empress Ki OST "Once More" 4:11 Solo
Some "Some" 3:33 Duet with Jung Gi Go & Lil Boi
The Space Between "The Space Between" 3:31 Duet with Kwon Sunil and Park Yongin
The Snow Queen 2 OST "Diamond" 3:22 Solo
2015 Pillow "Pillow" 3:46 Duet with Giriboy & Kihyun
Bored "Bored" 4:13 Duet with Eluphant
One Dream One Song "One K" 4:59 Various Artists
Lean on Me "Lean on Me" 3:39 Duet with Kwon Jeong Yeol
She Was Pretty OST "You Don't Know" 3:23 Duet with Brother Su
2016 Lucky Romance OST "Tell Me" 4:01 Solo
Love in the Moonlight OST "No Sleep" 3:42 Duet with Yoo Seung-woo

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales
(DL)
Album
KOR
Gaon

[13]
KOR
Billboard

[14]
2012 "Officially Missing You, Too" (with Geeks) 2 2
  • KOR: 2,605,971+
Re;code
"하얀 설레임 (White Love)" (with K.Will & Jeongmin) 6 7
  • KOR: 818,093+
Starship Planet
2013 "Goodbye" (with Hong Daekwang) 10 8
  • KOR: 546,346+
Non-album single
"착해 빠졌어 (Stupid in Love)" (with Mad Clown) 1 1
  • KOR: 1,922,108+
Non-album single
2014 "한번만 (Once More)" 10 8
  • KOR: 492,400+
Empress Ki OST
"Some" (with Junggigo and featuring Lil Boi of Geeks) 1 1
  • KOR: 2,898,043+
Non-album single
"틈 (The Space Between)" (with Kwon Sunil and Park Yongin of Urban Zakapa) 2 N/A
  • KOR: 1,003,379+
Non-album single
2015 "팔베개 (Pillow)" (with Giriboy featuring Kihyun of Monsta X) 5
  • KOR: 768,684+
NO.MERCY Pt. 2
"어깨 (Lean on Me)" (with Kwon Jeongyeol of 10cm) 2
  • KOR: 1,307,880+
Non-album single
"모르나봐 (You Don't Know Me)" (with Brother Su) 4
  • KOR: 914,444+
She Was Pretty OST
2016 "내게 말해줘 (Tell Me)" 41
  • KOR: 120,947
Lucky Romance OST
"잠은 다 잤나봐요 (No Sleep)" (with Yoo Seungwoo) 5 Love in the Moonlight OST
"우리 둘 (Runnin')" (with Henry) Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

China's chart positions are derived from Baidu Weekly Singles Charts.

* Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was discontinued in July 2014.

Filmography

TV variety shows

Year Title Network Notes Episode
2010 Children of the Night MBC With Sistar and Infinite Ep. 3 & 4
2011 Hello Baby KBS With Sistar and Leeteuk Ep. 1-12
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 With Sistar Ep. 8
2012 Running Man SBS With Sistar Ep. 95
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 With Hyolyn and Haha Ep. 45
Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 KBS With Sistar Ep. 161
The Beatles Code 2 Mnet With Hyolyn and U-Kiss Ep. 11
2013 Shinhwa Broadcast JTBC With Sistar Ep. 45
Incarnation SBS With Hyolyn Ep. 23
Star Diving Show Splash MBC Contestant Ep. 2
Escape Crisis No. 1 KBS2 With Hyolyn Ep. 388
Hello Counselor KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 127
Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 KBS With Sistar 188
Happy Together KBS2 With Dasom Ep. 306
Quiz Show KBS Guest
The Human Condition Season 2 KBS2 With Dasom ep. 17
Immortal Songs 2 KBS2 With MBLAQ
Mamma Mia KBS2 Guest Ep. 27
Immortal Songs 2 KBS2 With Jay Park Ep. 123
Great Marriage JTBC Virtual Marriage to take care of the in-Laws Ep. 10-22
Real Men MBC With Sistar Ep. 37
2014 Wishing Star MBC Every1 Co-host
Midnight in Hong Kong Y-STAR With Sistar Ep. 1-4
The Radio Star MBC Guest 372
I Live Alone MBC Every 1 Filming Soyou's daily life Ep. 55
Crime Scene JTBC Guest Ep. 8
1 vs 100 Quiz Show KBS2 Guest
I Live Alone MBC Every 1 Called up by regular members to join their MT Ep. 59
Witch Hunt JTBC With Hyolyn Ep. 52
Hello Counselor KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 182
Running Man SBS Guest Ep. 209
Yoo Jaesuk's I am a Man KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 2
After School Club Arirang TV With Sistar Ep. 89
The Human Condition Season 2 KBS2 Female cast and Bora ep. 74
I Live Alone MBC Every 1 Filming her at the gym and daily life Ep. 70
The TaeTiSeo OnStyle With SNSD and Bora Ep. 6
Quiz to Change The World MBC With Dasom
100 People, 100 Songs JTBC Singing competition between singers about remembering lyric Ep. 7-8
Crisis Escape No. 1 KBS2 Played a role in one of the problem sketches Ep. 462
Taxi tvN With Sistar Ep. 361
2015 Get It Beauty OnStyle MC Ep. 1-27 31-32, 35, 37
Sistar's Showtime MBC Every1 With Sistar Ep. 1-8
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 With Mad Clown Ep. 256
Invisible Man KBS2 With Hyolyn Ep. 3
Please Take Care of My Refrigerator JTBC Guest with Yewon Ep. 16-17
Witch Hunt JTBC With K.Will Ep. 85
Healing Camp SBS Came as Lee Moon Se's guest Ep. 178
What Shall We Eat Today CJ E&M Guest Ep. 59
Yaman TV Mnet With Monsta X and Hyolyn Ep. 25
Weekly Idol MBC Every1 Special episode promoting rookies (Monsta X) with Bora Ep. 200-201
Same Bed, Different Dreams SBS Guest as one in the panel Ep. 7
Hello Counselor KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 230
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 279
Crisis Escape No. 1 KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 489
Quiz to Change The World MBC Guest, female team Ep. 304
Running Man SBS With Bora Ep. 255
18 Seconds SBS As a competitor Ep. 1-2
Take Care of My Dad SBS Only her voice Ep. 26
The Human Condition Season 3 KBS2 With Bora ep. 127
Healing Camp SBS As Seo Jang-hoon guest Ep. 202
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 With Kwon Jung Yeol Ep. 291
Chuseok Gayo Festival (Duet Song 8+) MBC Every1 Contestant with a partner from Jejudo Only 1 Ep
Again Hit Songs Best 50 95-96 MBC Every1 Host (MC) Only 1 Ep
Chuseok Special ‘Idol Singing Contest KBS2 Contestant with song "Oppa" Only 1 Ep
2016 Talents for Sale KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 7-8
Get It Beauty 2016 OnStyle Interview and Special selfcam Ep. 21
How To Eat And Live Well SBS With Dasom Ep. 111-112
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 With Sistar Ep. 326
Knowing Bros JTBC With Sistar Ep. 32
Running Man SBS With Sistar & Shownu Monsta X Ep. 307
Fantastic Duo SBS With Sistar Ep. 13-14
Baek Jong-won's Three Great Emperors SBS As a special guest, helping him with tasing the food. Ep. 46
1 vs 100 KBS2 Contestant Ep. 444
Baek Jong-won's Three Great Emperors SBS Regular member Ep. 52-
King of Mask Singer MBC Contestant as "Pushing and Pulling Fairy Tinker Bell" Ep. 81-82
Star Show 360 MBC With Sistar Ep. 6

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Role
2011 "Pink Romance" Starship Planet Herself
2013 "Stupid in Love" Soyou & Mad Clown Lead role
"Snow Candy" Starship Planet Herself
2014 "Day 1" K.Will Lead role with Park Min-woo
"The Space Between" Soyou & Urban Zakapa Cameo
"Love Is You" Starship Planet Herself
2015 "Lean on Me" Soyou & Kwon Jeong Yeol Lead role

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013 3rd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Artist of the Year - September "Stupid In Love (with Mad Clown)" Won
2014 World Music Awards World's Best Song "Some (with Junggigo)" Nominated
World's Best Video Nominated
World's Best Group Soyou
(with Junggigo)
Nominated
World's Best Live Act Nominated
9th Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Drama OST "Once More" - Empress Ki OST Nominated
16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best OST by a Female Artist Nominated
7th Style Icon Awards Top 10 Style Icons The Voice that Flirted with the Nation Won
4th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Artist of the Year - February "Some (with Junggigo)" Won
6th MelOn Music Awards Hot Trend Award Won
Best R&B/Soul Award Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
16th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Collaboration Won
UnionPay Song of the Year Nominated
SBS Gayo Daejun Awards Best Song Won
2015 29th Golden Disk Awards Digital Bonsang Won
Trend of the Year Won
24th Seoul Music Awards Record of the Year in Digital Release Won
12th Korean Music Awards Song of the Year Won
Best Pop Song Won
Group Musician of the Year Soyou
(with Junggigo)
Nominated
17th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Collaboration & Unit "Leon On Me (with Kwon Jeong Yeol)" Nominated
UnionPay Song of the Year Nominated
2016 9th Korea Drama Awards Best Original Soundtrack "Tell Me" - Lucky Romance OST Nominated

Music programs

Show Champion

Year Date Song
2014 February 19[17] "Some" (with Jung Gigo)

M! Countdown

Year Date Song
2014 February 20[18] "Some" (with Jung Gigo)
February 27[19]
2015 October 1[20] "Lean On Me" (with Kwon Jeong Yeol)

Music Bank

Year Date Song
2014 February 21[21] "Some" (with Jung Gigo)
February 28[22]
March 7[23]
March 21[24]
April 4[25]

Show! Music Core

Year Date Song
2013 September 28[26] "Stupid in Love" (with Mad Clown)
2014 February 22[27] "Some" (with Jung Gigo)
March 1[28]

Inkigayo

Year Date Song
2014 February 23[29] "Some" (with Jung Gigo)

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